Tao Te Ching Chapter 40-16 No voice

Today's Tao

Big's note has almost no voice. (Ch.40)


Tao's note has no voice.

In Zen Buddhism, they call it "the song of the dragon".

In his «Shobogenzo», Master Dogen says:

"The song of the dragon is not something like do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do.

Nevertheless, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do were born from the song of the dragon."

(Ryugin 龍吟, «Shobogenzo»)


Don't try to experience Tao.

One cannot hear the note of Tao directly.

But, we hear it through our holograms, the world.

That's what Master Dogen wants to tell us.

Now you know how to listen to the sound of no sound.

Just listen to any sound with respect.

That's enough.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 40


Tao answers your question!



-Can you hear the sound of silence? Of course, yes. That's what we are doing at every moment of life. You don't have to have any certificate or to be a member of a group. Whether you like it or not, you are listening to the sound of no sound. In fact, you are the one who is creating this roar of the dragon. Please stop underestimating yourself and blaming others for being responsible for what is happening. You cry our the sound of the dragon in order to wake yourself up.